Mikalay Slyonkow

Mіkalay Slyonkow
Мікалай Слюнькоў
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office 13 January 1983 – 6 February 1987
Head of state	Ivan Paliakoŭ Georgy Tarazevich
Head of government	Aleksandr Aksyonov Vladimir Brovikov Mikhail Kovalev
Preceded by	Tikhon Kiselyov Vladimir Brovikov (acting)
Succeeded by	Yefrem Sokolov
Chairman of the Socio-Economic Policy Commission of the Central Committee
In office 30 September 1988 – 14 July 1990
Preceded by	Established
Succeeded by	Abolished
Head of the Economic Department of the Central Committee
In office 1987 – 30 September 1988
Preceded by	Boris Gostev
Succeeded by	Vladimir Shimko
Candidate member of the 27th Politburo
In office 6 March 1986 – 26 June 1987
Member of the 27th Secretariat
In office 28 January 1987 – 14 July 1990
Full member of the 27th Central Committee
In office 6 March 1986 – 14 July 1990
Full member of the 27th Politburo
In office 26 June 1987 – 1990
Personal details
Born	(1929-04-26)26 April 1929 Gorodets, Rahachow district, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Died	9 August 2022(2022-08-09) (aged 93) Minsk, Belarus
Party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1954–1990)

Mіkalay Mіkіtavіch Slyonkow (Belarusian: Мікалай Мікітавіч Слюнькоў; Russian: Никола́й Ники́тович Слюнько́в, romanized: Nikolay Nikitovich Slyunkov; 26 April 1929 – 9 August 2022) was a Belarusian politician who was first secretary of the Communist Party of the Byelorussian SSR from 13 January 1983 to 6 February 1987 during the Soviet Union.

Slyunkov became a full member of the 27th Politburo on 26 June 1987, where he remained until its abolition in 1990.